I’ve always liked Max’s Fried Chicken. Their Spring Chicken is a classic, especially when you dip it in a mix of Jufran Banana Catsup and Worcestershire sauce. Oooh, lovely! It was a treat therefore when I got free breakfast passes for Max’s Power Breakfast launch. That would be a great way to start this Monday!
My officemates and I trooped over to Max’s Greenbelt (which was hidden behind all the ongoing construction). Menu choices were: Tapa, Pepperoni Omelet, Sausage, Longganisa, Boneless Bangus, Adobo Flakes, and Tocino. Each meal comes with rice, 1 to 2 eggs, and your choice of drink: iced tea, brewed or instant coffee. They also served Champorado with tuyo (optional). Mitzi and I got the Tocino Meal (“tender pork seasoned with salt and pepper, pan fried with a tangy caramelized coating”), while Sheila ordered Bangus (“half-sized bangus marinated in garlic and vinegar for that real daing flavor”). And… what? No chicken in the menu? I was looking forward to that!
Sheila enjoyed her Boneless Bangus meal a lot. It was crispy and cooked just right. Mitzi and I were very much delighted with our Tocino meals too. But the runaway favorite was the creamy Triple Chocolate Champorado! It tasted sooooo good. It’s the real thing, not cooked from a box. I’d definitely order this again, and next time with an additional two pieces of tuyo (dried salted fish).
Guess who we saw savoring Max’s Power Breakfasts too? Ganns! He joined us during the latter part of the meal and regaled us with stories of his new stud, his lovely children and caring wife. Ganns is an old college friend of mine and a gradeschool friend of Sheila’s, so it was a nice breakfast reunion.
Ganns ordered Adobo Flakes (“…shredded bits of chicken pork adobo fried to crispy perfection.”). It was good, he said! It would’ve even been better with kesong puti. Ooh sarap!
While the food was very good, our food took sooooooooo long to arrive. Ganns’ Adobo Flakes took practically forever. And then there was the Champorado debate. One member of the staff advised us that the Champorado was not part of the breakfast meals and so our passes didn’t qualify for that meal. Huh? Two customers next to our table just had Champorado and used their passes, we said. So off he went and another waiter returned to our table saying we had to pay for the Champorado. Huh? So what good was the free breakfast pass if we had to pay for the meal, we asked. Irate moment coming up! After a while, the same waiter returned to us and advised us that the breakfast passes were good for the Champorado too. Oh-kay. At that point we were wondering if the management were the ones who needed coffee, not us. Wake up, wake up!
Save for another guy’s conflicting champorado advice and the slow service, our experience was pretty good. There was no loud music in the restaurant to aggressively jolt us into waking up; the lovely chatter of the customers was just right. We had a friendly waiter named Bob who helped us with the champorado mix-up. The food was delicious enough for us to return one of these days. It’s nearing lunch time already but I’m still full from their breakfast.
Something to consider though… shouldn’t there be a Max’s Fried Chicken breakfast equivalent? Say, chicken embotido breakfast or maybe they can create their own Chicken breakfast. After all, Max’s is known for their chicken and so it should be part of their breakfast offerings too! What do you think?
Well, Max’s folks, let me know if you do decide to add Chicken to your breakfast menu and I’ll give it a try. But as it is, Max’s Power Breakfast is a very good way to start your day. My ultimate recommendation is the Triple Chocolate Champorado. No day could go wrong if you start it with chocolate times three.
Kain na!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
jeanny
March 19, 2007 at 12:12 pm (17 years ago)Hi Tones…
wuahhh I miss makati na. 😀
Pero if naiisip ko yung boss ko na mejo b—ty…hay ok na ren na nag resign na ako.
anyway…mukhang satisfying ang breakfast nyo…I Know vey ok ang Monday mo and the rest of the week kc you started it right 😀
Sidney
March 19, 2007 at 2:09 pm (17 years ago)I guess this power meal is enough food for the whole week…
Looks really yummy and ! And yes, Max is one of my favorite places to eat chicken!
karol
March 19, 2007 at 6:29 pm (17 years ago)hi tones! thanks for your kind comment sa blog ko.
the bangus looks delicious… masarap din bangus namin sa chowking ha! and cheaper pa. hehe…
pinayhekmi
March 19, 2007 at 9:15 pm (17 years ago)Staying home from work today and dreaming of breakfast in Florence. Pero your alternative sounds pretty good too! Haven’t had champorado in FOREVER.
spanx
March 19, 2007 at 11:14 pm (17 years ago)TRIPLE.
CHOCOLATE.
CHAMPORADO.
mmmmm……
the three words i’ve longed to hear all my life.
(narinig ko na kasi yung “i love you”)
kat
March 20, 2007 at 2:07 am (17 years ago)i love champorado! i always aks for the white king mixes whenever someone goes to the philippines (although in a pinch, they are available at filipino stores here in the us). but i’d love to try max’s TRIPLE chocolate version! yum!
i would so love to have a meal with you! i think you and i have the same appetite!
Lissa
March 20, 2007 at 2:23 am (17 years ago)I like Max’s Fried chicken too. I’m so glad they opened one in Sacramento. I love their crispy pata!!!
tanya
March 20, 2007 at 6:27 am (17 years ago)gosh i miss max’s!!!
Argie
March 20, 2007 at 10:39 am (17 years ago)That looks yummy! I’m so for the bangsilog. Mmm.
watson
March 20, 2007 at 1:27 pm (17 years ago)okaaaayyy… so where do you get those free breakfast passes?
Toni
March 20, 2007 at 4:33 pm (17 years ago)Nick: From a PR rep for Max’s!
denden
March 20, 2007 at 7:02 pm (17 years ago)i indulged in max’s friend chicken when i was there. didn’t know they serve champorado for breakfast, parang ang sarap
hazel
March 20, 2007 at 7:05 pm (17 years ago)hmm, is it just coincidence that the service at Max’s suck? has sort of something to say too. or maybe the staff were just not well-oriented with the promo?
hazel
March 20, 2007 at 7:07 pm (17 years ago)hmm, is it just coincidence that the service at Max’s suck? the J Spot has sort of something to say about the service too (or the lack of it). or maybe the staff were just not well-oriented with the promo?
abby
March 20, 2007 at 9:41 pm (17 years ago)ang sarap naman!!
rach
March 20, 2007 at 10:35 pm (17 years ago)That looks yummy! I miss eating champorado.
Lynn
March 21, 2007 at 12:20 am (17 years ago)Leah
March 21, 2007 at 6:25 am (17 years ago)kakagutom naman Toni.
Chateau
March 21, 2007 at 10:29 am (17 years ago)Wow, those look yummy! I troop over to your blog and –tadah! see nothing but food… Waaah, I miss fried rice and fried food and pigging out and getting carbo-high! LOL..
Anyway, glad to know your Max’s Power Breakfast went great. So did Noemi’s. I guess Sexy Mom’s experience is an isolated one huh. Although the time element is a common denominator.
Have a great day!
vina
March 21, 2007 at 11:04 am (17 years ago)just last night i saw an officemate of mine eating a combo meal of max (the chicken and pasta one), and i promised myself that i would order myself one for lunch today. kaya lang, i seemed to have forgotten about it and ordered baked ziti from sbarro. bukas na talaga.
Lani
March 25, 2007 at 3:13 pm (17 years ago)I don’t know kung talagang ganyan lagi ang Max’s. Actually, kapag talagang gutom na ako never kaming kumain sa Max’s dahil ang bagal ng service, sa halos lahat ng areas na na-try na namin ha. Pero muka talagang masarap ang breakfast meals nila.
sexy mom
March 28, 2007 at 11:24 am (17 years ago)good your experience was ok. ours at the quezon memorial circle was entirely different. i guess will have to try the breakfast meals in another branch, to get a real good review of their meals.
oh, yes, my sons liked the champorado–when hot.
Zita
April 4, 2007 at 9:29 pm (17 years ago)Champorado sa Max?? Pahingi naman. Gutom tuloy ako. I have to make do with the one in the packet no kase I can’t be bothered making it from scratch plus I don’t know a recipe that would yeild an authentic one din. Can you help with the recipe?